The end of a legend

[the_vulture]

Waiting for me at the bottom of the large box of comics I've collected through the years of my youth is a set of prints of the character sketches Frank Frazetta drew for the production of the animated film 'Fire and Ice.' I think that film really exemplified the worlds that Frazetta illustrated, these incredibly primal, violent, savage, yet beautiful and, ultimately, mythic realms, populated by epic characters of our era's making: Conan, Kull, Tarzan, John Carter of Mars, and many, many others. These are the 'Beowulfs' that I grew up with and nothing breathed more life and power into them than the artwork of Frazetta.

You will be missed, Frank.

Comments

[iammystery-girl.livejournal.com]

Did you know he went from comic art to working in oils?

http://www.frankfrazetta.org/paintings0001.php

That oil painting class was hard work! I bought the material I need for my next project but there are so many damn rules to follow. This is akin to writing poetry intuitively or following the rules and making sure it has metre, rhyme etc. I will go back to it soon but this time I need to make sure I make some notes. I guess one needs to follow the rules before breaking them.

[the-vulture.livejournal.com]

Oils are one of those tricky mediums that you do want to take a disciplined approach to, for at least learning the techniques.